Thomas Cup Countdown

#1 posting 4.25.2006

MINNESOTA ACTION
St. Paul City
#1 Harding rolled Central 7-0; Arlington edged Como Park 4-3. Arlington won earlier in the year 6-1. Johnson turned the tables on Highland Park 5-2. HP beat Johnson at the start of the season 4-3.
Mpls City:
Henry swept Roosevelt as was reported yesterday. Also Southwest trumped Washburn 6-1.
Burnsville went above .500 with a 7-0 sweep of Minneapolis Edison. It was Edison's third time they were shut out this year, and third loss of the season.

CANADIAN ACTION
Nova Scotia
Sackville won the NSSAF title this past weekend. Ilana Vanderweit won her second singles title in as many years. Here are more winners as the Halifax Chronicle Herald takes it away http://thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/499252.html

THOMAS CUP
The build up has started for the Thomas Cup.
Kuan Beng Hong is raring to go. Here is the New Straits Times out of Malaysia with their preparation http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/Sport/20060425144821/Article/index_html
Wong Chun Hann from the same paper has a column talking about what to expect.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/Sport/20060425081157/Article/index_html
Here is another spin on Malaysia's prep from the Malysia Star
http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2006/4/24/sports/14045242&sec=sports
Thomas Cup action is team oriented and starts on Friday.

ENGLAND ACTION
Injuries have hampered player development and scheduling has not helped matters. Here is a story from Reuters about roster strength on the eve of the big Thomas Cup and Uber Cup tournaments. http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=sportsNews&storyID=2006-04-25T080905Z_01_B437094_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BADMINTON-ENGLAND.xml&archived=False

Next up: tomorrow afternoon